Jeremiah 31:27-34

The Lord Will Turn Mourning to Joy

27 g "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when h I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with i the seed of man and the seed of beast. 28 And it shall come to pass that j as I have watched over them k to pluck up and break down, to overthrow, destroy, and bring harm, j so I will watch over them l to build and to plant, declares the Lord.

29 In those days they shall no longer say:
m "'The fathers have eaten sour grapes,
and the children's teeth are set on edge.'

30 n But everyone shall die for his own sin. Each man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

The New Covenant

31 o "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make p a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when q I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, r though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 s But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: s I will put my law within them, and I will write it t on their hearts. u And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' v for they shall all know me, w from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For x I will forgive their iniquity, and y I will remember their sin no more."

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:25
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh -
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 36:11
    And I will multiply on you man and beast, and they shall multiply and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited as in your former times, and will do more good to you than ever before. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
    Hosea 2:23
    And I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.'
    Zechariah 10:9
    Though I scattered them among the nations, yet in far countries they shall remember me, and with their children they shall live and return.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 22:30
    Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
    Isaiah 53:10
    Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:27
    Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
    Jeremiah 32:42
    For thus says the Lord : Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 44:27
    Behold, I am watching over them for disaster and not for good. All the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end of them.
    Jeremiah 32:42
    For thus says the Lord : Just as I have brought all this great disaster upon this people, so I will bring upon them all the good that I promise them.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:40
    The whole valley of the dead bodies and the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be sacred to the Lord. It shall not be uprooted or overthrown anymore forever.
    Jeremiah 1:10
    See, I have set you this day over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 24:6
    I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them back to this land. I will build them up, and not tear them down; I will plant them, and not uproot them.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:2 - 3
    What do you mean by repeating this proverb concerning the land of Israel, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge'?
    Lamentations 5:7
    Our fathers sinned, and are no more; and we bear their iniquities.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 18:4
    Behold, all souls are mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is mine: the soul who sins shall die.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 31:31 - 34
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
    Hebrews 8:8 - 12
    For he finds fault with them when he says: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
  11. Cross References
    Luke 22:20
    And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
    2 Corinthians 3:6
    Who has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 1:31
    And in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 3:14
    Return, O faithless children, declares the Lord ; for I am your master; I will take you, one from a city and two from a family, and I will bring you to Zion.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:40
    I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
    Ezekiel 37:26
    I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
    Hebrews 10:16
    "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:40
    I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
    Ezekiel 37:26
    I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore.
    Hebrews 10:16
    "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,"
  16. Cross References
    Psalms 37:31
    The law of his God is in his heart; his steps do not slip.
    2 Corinthians 3:3
    And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
  17. Cross References
    Hosea 2:23
    And I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.
    Zechariah 8:8
    And I will bring them to dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in faithfulness and in righteousness.
    Zechariah 13:9
    And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are my people'; and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'
    Revelation 21:7
    The one who conquers will have this heritage, and I will be his God and he will be my son.
    Jeremiah 30:22
    And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
  18. Cross References
    Isaiah 54:13
    All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 6:13
    For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for unjust gain; and from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 33:8
    I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their...
    Jeremiah 36:3
    It may be that the house of Judah will hear all...
    Jeremiah 50:20
    In those days and in that time, declares the Lo...
    Micah 7:18
    Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and p...
    Acts 10:43
    To him all the prophets bear witness that every...
    Romans 11:27
    "and this will be my covenant with them when I ...
    Hebrews 10:17
    Then he adds, "I will remember their sins and t...
  21. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:25
    I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
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